American intelligence has recognised there are four reasons why a ‘normal’ person might be convinced to spy.
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Researchers tried several times to have the document declassified, including in 1992, 2004 and 2016. It was initially written to help American NSA agents crack difficult coded messages.
Once again allegations have surfaced that the former US president was a Russian ‘asset’. Maybe so, but that doesn’t mean he was their agent.
High-power microwave weapons are useful for disabling electronics. A new report says they ‘plausibly explain’ some ailments suffered by US diplomats and CIA agents in Cuba, China and other countries.
Warnings about major disease outbreaks are supposed to come from national and international medical intelligence and surveillance agencies that most Americans have never heard of.
President Trump isn’t the first president to get rid of inspectors general. He is the first to assert that inspectors general investigations into his administration’s actions are unconstitutional.
Prison life is about routine: each day like the one before; each week like the one before it, so that the months and years blend into each other.
There are many hurdles to a successful prosecution of individuals accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. But trying to seek justice is not a futile exercise.
Some of the major events in US-Iran relations highlight the differences between the nations’ views, but others presented real opportunities for reconciliation.
The history of the Iran-United States relationship is complex and often brutal. Understanding it helps put today’s turmoil into sharper focus.
A former congressional staffer says withholding damning evidence from Congress and using civilians to carry out presidential or intelligence agency agendas links the Ukraine crisis to other scandals.
Given the range of support for President Omar al-Bashir it isn’t surprising that he’s managed to resist pressure to step down.
A migrant caravan of almost 7,000 people who left Guatemala and Honduras is heading north towards the United States. The reasons they are leaving are complex but involve a U.S.-backed violent history.
As South Africa became an international pariah, it began working in shady ways through even more shady operators, including getting arms from the Soviet Union and China.
US intelligence assessments have concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to some degree. Trump prefers the Russian version of events.
Ginsberg was one of the most high-profile representatives of the American counterculture and anti-war movement.
Gina Haspel is in hot water over the CIA’s use of ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’. And in decades past, the US imprisoned people for using the same methods.
A grassroots movement is fighting for transparency and accountability on North Carolina’s involvement in torture.
Relations between the US and Africa are unlikely to improve while Trump remains president. But that doesn’t mean the continent should remain passive.
A new head could help repair the president’s relationship with the spy agency, but only if leaders stop playing politics with intelligence.
Principais colaboradores
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Associate Professor of the Practice of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Loyola University Chicago
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Co-Director, National Security and Civil Rights Program, Loyola University Chicago
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Lecturer in American Studies, University of Hull
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Professor of the Practice and Faculty Director of the Master's in Applied Intelligence, Georgetown University
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Lecturer, Culture and Media department, Birkbeck, University of London
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Research Fellow, Leiden University
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Professor Emeritus of American History, The University of Edinburgh
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Lecturer in Intelligence and Security Studies, Brunel University London
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Associate professor of international history, Utrecht University
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Lecturer, University of Bath
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Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
